Am .  Jour.  Pharm.  \ 
August,  1899.  J 
Notes  and  News. 
XXV 
NOTES  AND  NEWS. 
Mr.  A.  C.  Wootton,  who  has  been  editor  of  the  Chemist  and  Druggist  for 
over  thirty  years,  tendered  his  resignation  of  that  office  on  the  29th  of  June. 
This  was  in  accordance  with  his  decision  expressed  over  two  years  ago.  As 
stated  by  the  proprietors,  he  leaves  with  the  esteem  and  regret  of  themselves 
and  his-other  associates. 
Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists. — The  regular  monthly 
meeting  was  held  on  Friday,  July  7th,  with  President  Wm .  Mclntyre  in  the 
chair.  The  names  of  thirty-eight  new  members  were  reported.  In  addition  to 
the  other  business  transacted,  E.  J.  Finnerty,  Jr.,  was  elected  a  delegate  to  the 
National  Convention  at  Cincinnati,  in  October.  The  Association  is  pushing  the 
work  of  securing  members,  and  an  application  blank  and  reading  matter  may 
be  had  by  addressing  the  Secretary,  W.  A.  Rumsey,  920  North  Forty-first 
Street. 
Franklin  Institute's  Anniversary. — An  interesting  feature  of  the  Ex- 
position will  be  the  formal  celebration  of  the  seventy-fifth  anniversary  of  the 
Franklin  Institute,  which  will  extend  through  one  week.  To  each  section  has 
been  assigned  a  day  which  will  be  devoted  to  illustrating  the  advances  made 
in  the  special  work  which  this  section  represents — that  is,  one  day  to  chemistry, 
one  day  to  electricity,  one  day  to  mining  and  metallurgy,  one  day  to  photog- 
raphy and  microscopy,  and  one  day  to  mechanics. — Bulletin  of  the  National 
Export  Exposition,  Philadelphia. 
A  Useful  Present. — W.  R.  Warner  &  Co.,  of  Philadelphia,  New  York  and 
Chicago,  are  distributing  free  to  doctors  and  druggists  a  very  complete  list  of 
drugs,  giving  apothecary  and  metric  doses.  They  are  arranged  in  convenient 
columns  and  printed  on  coated  linen  cloth,  size  22  x  14,  for  hanging  at  the  pre- 
scription counter  or  in  the  doctor's  office  for  ready  reference.  It  will  be  sent 
to  any  doctor  or  druggist  upon  request.    Drop  them  a  postal  for  it. 
Of  Interest  to  Pharmacists.— Messrs.  Merck  &  Co.  announced  on  July 
1st  that  after  that  date  the  Merck  Pharmacy  would  no  longer  serve  the  public 
nor  the  medical  profession  on  prescription  orders,  nor  on  calls  for  supplies  of 
any  sort ;  and  that  all  orders  of  this  character  must  hereafter  come  from  estab- 
lished pharmacists. 
Excursion  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.'s  Employees. — An  enjoyable  time 
was  spent  by  the  employees  of  this  firm  on  Saturday,  June  24th,  on  an  excursion 
on  the  Detroit  River,  and  at  Tashmoo  Park,  this  being  the  occasion  of  their 
ninth  annual  special  holiday.  The  excursionists  numbered  1,800  people,  and 
according  to  the  Detroit  Free  Press,  constituted  the  largest  picnic  party  which 
ever  went  out  of  Detroit. 
Heroin  and  Heroin  Hydrochloride. —  Dr.  Goldmann,  of  Berlin 
("Allg.  Med.  Central-Zeitung,"  No.  33,  1899),  in  an  interesting  review 
of  the  therapeutics  of  these  remedies,  states  that  heroin,  owing  to  its 
difficulty  of  solution  in  water,  is  chiefly  adapted  for  administration  in 
powders  or  pills,  while  for  administration  in  drops  and  mixtures,  and 
especially  for  subcutaneous  use,  its  water-soluble  salt,  heroin  hydrochloride,  is 
